Reversible glove.



H. H. TAYLOR.

REVERSIBLE GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26. 19:6.

1 ,272,57 1 Patented July 16, 1918.

HENRY H. TAYLOR, 0F KEOKUK, IOWA.

REVERSIBLE GLOVE.

Application filed August 26, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing .at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa,;haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Gloves, of which the following is a specification, reference;

being had to the accompanying drawings.

This inventionrelates to gloves and particularly to the formation ofgloves of canvas,

or other relatively soft flexible material, such gloves-being used by brick layers, plasterers, and other workmen.

, The general object ofiniy invention is to provide a glove of this character which may be used either onthe right hand or left hand of the wearer so that when the palm of the gloveis worn through, the glove may be reversed and disposed on the other hand with the back of the glove used as a palm.

A further object is to rovide a glove composed, except as regard; the thumb, of two pieces or blanks and of such form that the blanks may be stitched to form the glove by ordinary plain sewing.

A further object i to provide a glove of this character having a thumb, the ordinary back of the thumb piece being provided with a reinforcement so that when the glove is reversed, the reinforcement will come over the inner face of the end of the thu1nb,-thus adding to the wear of the glove. 7;

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. I

My invention is illustrated in the; accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a face view of the'mainblank from. which niy improved-glove is made; i

Fig. 2 is a face view of the blank for the fourth and third fingers and a portion of the back of the glove;

Fig. 3 is an inside face view of the blank 18;

Fig. .41 is "an elevation of the glove looking toward the back and v Fig'. 5 is aface viewof thumb blank for a mitten.

shape of glove blanks and is slitted inwardly from the upper edge thereof whereby to provide the palm orfface portions of the fingers 11,-12, 13,and 14; and the backs 11 and 13'" which the-face portions 1 1 and l 'respee L g tively; The portions 14 and are. not d1- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '16, 1918.

Serial No. 117,100.

vided from each other by a slit but the blank is intended to be folded on the line a-a so as to bring the portion 13 over the portion 13and the portion 14 over the portion 14. Qne side edge of the-blank beneath the portion 13 is cut away as at 15 and the lower edge of the blank at a point beneath the line 'a -a is cut out so as to form the half fourchette 16 which forms the inner face or palm member of the thumb of the glove.

Coacting with the blank is a blank 17 formed to provide the portions 11 and 12 divided from each other by a median slit and intended to form the backs of the fingers 11 and 12. This blank 17 is also cut away as at'15 A separate thumb piece 18 is formed, having the shape illustrated in Fig. 8, which formsthe outer portion of the thumb inthe completed glove and coacts with the half fourchette 16. Disposed upon the inner face of this piece 18 adjacent the tip thereof is a reinforcement or partition 19 which is stitched around its top and side edges as at 20. The lower portion of the re-- inforce or partition 19 is narrower than the adjacent portion of the thumb blank 18 to".

afford portions 2) adapted to be secured to the side edges of the thumb palm member 16. In use, the thumb is adaptedto be disposed between the face of the glove thumb and the partition wheneverdesired and whether the glove be worn as a right or a left hand glove.

In completing the glove from theblank thus formed, the portion 17.is attached to p the blank 10 by stitching 21. The blank 10 is then folded upon the dotted? lines aa. and'the. edges 15 and 15 areistitched together, thereby forming a longitudinal seam' on the back of the glove, when the glove is first worn, and on the palm of the glove when the glove has been reversed, The free edges of the fingerportionsare stitchedtogether .in the usual-manner, after whichthe thumb piece 18' is stitched to the member 16 and to the body of the glove. understood, of course, that the finger portions 11, 12, 13 and 14 and 11, 12 13 and 1 1. are large enough so that no separate fourchettes are necessary, thus greatly cheaping the construction of the glove.

After the glove isv completed as above set forth, the wrist is added which may be knitted or otherwise formed as desired. It: will be seen that a glove constructed as above described is very cheapand simple It will be r and that a very economical use may be made of the material from Which the blanks are cut out. The thumb blank shown in Fig. 3 may also be used for mittens and the reinforce Will, of course, operate or be used in the same manner as for gloves. I

In Fig. 5 I show the thumb piece 18 of a mitten (I have not shown a mitten, as its construction is Well understood) provided with a reinforcing element 19*. This thumb piece blank 18* is of such shape that the tWo portions or Wings 0 and (Z may be turned over upon each other and stitched together to form the complete thumb of the glove.

One of the main objects of my invention is to so form the blanks for the glove that economy of time may be secured in stitching the blanks together.

It Will be noted that my blanks require initiallythat only one seanr'be stitched up the back of the body of the glove. In other Words, the seam extends only up the back of the glove from the Wrist to the junction of the fingers 12 and 13*, and there is no seam on the palm of the hand. Thus instead of stitching up the other side or palm of the glove, the threads, after the seam up the back is made, are broken and the body is passed tothe Workman Who does the. closing of the fingers, it being, of course, understood that the blank 17 has beenstitohed to the body 10 initially. F urther it Will be noted that in my glove there are no seams on the palm of the glove until the glove is reversed and that there are no seams across the bases ofthe fingers. With my invention, furthermore, only two operatlo'nsare necessary to complete the thumb,

' namely, one operation to cover the stitching I covers the stitching of the blank 17 onto the body of the glove. The portions 1 f and 13 are then folded over 14 and 13 and stitched to the margin of the part 17 Then the fingers arestitched and then the thumb blank is stitched; 1

I-p'rovide-for a great saving of time and labor in thecutting out of gloves according to my inventlon, as the fingers are all cut with; the same operation as the body ,of the --glove -and furthermore, there is asaving of 1311116111 stltchmg up as only plain sewing is necessary.

Having describedmy invention, What I claim is:

A reversible glove formed from aplu- .rality ofblanks, one of the blanks being out to provide the face jof'the thumb of the glove and the faces for thelittle finger, third finger and'secondfinger, the back and front ofthefi'rst finger and the back of the second finger, the'faces' for the little fingerand the third and second fingers being separated from each other and from the back and front of the first finger, and the back of the second finger being separated from the back and front of the first finger, the back and from: of the first finger being connected to each other, said'blank also forming part of the backof'the glove and at its margin opposite the fingers being cut to form the palm to provide the faces for the little finger,

third finger, and second'finger, the back and front'of the first finger and the back of the second finger, thefaces for thjelittle finger and the third and second fingers being 'sepa rated from eachother and from the back and front'of thefirst finger, and the back of the second finger b'eing's'eparat'ed from the back and front of the first finger, the backand front of the'first finger being connected to each other, said blank also forming part of the back of the glove and at its margin opposite the fingers being cut to form thepalm member of the thumb, the other blank being stitched to the first named blank at its margin and formed to provide the remainder of the back of'the glove and theb acks of the little finger and the third finger, a separate thumb piece attached to the palm member of the thumb and to the body of the glove, and a partition secured around its side and top margins to the inner face of the separate thumb piece.

3. A reversible glove formed from a plurality of blanks, oneof the blanks being cut to provide thefaces' for the little: finger, third finger and second finger, the'back and front of the first finger 'thebackof the second finger, the faces forthe littlefinger and the third and second fingers being separated from each other and from the back,

and front of the first finger, and theback of the second finger being separated from. the back and front of the first finger, the" back and front of the first finger-beifigconnected to eachother, said blank also forming part of the backofthe glove and atrits margin opposite the fingers. being 'utto form the .palnrmember of the thumb, the

other blank bein'g's'titched to the first named] blank at its'margin'andLformedto provide the remainder of the back of the glove "and v V the backsiof the little finger and the third-- finger, a separate thumb piece attached to j the palm member of the thumb "and to the b'odypf the glove, and a partitions ecuredj around its'sideandtop margins-to the inner face of the separate thumb piece, the lower portion of said partition being narrower than the adjacent portion of the separate thumb piece to permit said adjacent portions of the thumb piece to be attached to the thumb palm member independently of the partition.

4. A reversible glove formed from a plurality of blanks, one of said blanks being cut out to provide the front for the little finger, third finger and second finger, the back and front of the first finger and the back of the second finger, the fronts for the little finger and the third and second fingers being separated from each other and from the back and front of the first finger, and

the back of the second finger being separated from the back and front of the first finger, the back and front of the first finger being connected to each other, said blank also forming part of the back of the glove, a second blank being stitched to the first named blank at its margins and formed to provide the remainder of the back of the glove and the backs of the little finger and the third fingeiu' In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

JOHN R. BROWN, A. T. MARSHALL.

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' Washington, D. 0." 

